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1950s | |
Doris Day's, "Tea for Two"
Misheard Lyrics: Two for you and two for me
Original Lyrics: Tea for two and two for tea
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1960s | |
Bobby Darin's, "Splish Splash"
Misheard Lyrics: Splish splash, I was taking a crap
Original Lyrics: Splish splash, I was taking a bath
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The Beatles', "Her Majesty"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh Maggie she's a pretty nice girl
Original Lyrics: Her majesty's a pretty nice girl
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1970s | |
Bruce Springsteen's, "10th Ave Freeze Out"
Misheard Lyrics: 10th Ave Freak out
Original Lyrics: 10th Ave Freeze out
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Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose's, "Too Late to Turn Back Now"
Misheard Lyrics: Happily, happily, happily
Original Lyrics: I believe, I believe, I believe
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Elton John's, "Crocodile Rock"
Misheard Lyrics: With Susie woman dressed in white and
Original Lyrics: When Susie wore her dresses tight and
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Pratt & McClain's, "Happy Days"
Misheard Lyrics: Tobacco hums, ready to race to you.
Original Lyrics: My cycle hums, ready to race to you.
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Rose Royce's, "Car Wash"
Misheard Lyrics: A movie star or maybe even a College Dean
Original Lyrics: A movie star or maybe even an Indian chief
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Spinners', "The Rubberband Man"
Misheard Lyrics: When the rubberband blow his jam
Original Lyrics: When the rubberband starts to jam
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The Miracles', "Love Machine"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m just a rubber shoe
Original Lyrics: I’m just a love machine
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The Trammps', "Hold Back the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Hold back tonight
Original Lyrics: Hold back the night
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "Don't Do Me Like That"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't do me like dad
Original Lyrics: Don't do me like that
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1980s | |
Bananarama's, "Robert DeNiro's Waiting"
Misheard Lyrics: Talking lasagna
Original Lyrics: Talking Italian
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Eurythmics', "Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)"
Misheard Lyrics: Miss it, too
Original Lyrics: Listen to
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Eurythmics', "Don't Ask Me Why"
Misheard Lyrics: Look at the night traffic
Original Lyrics: Look what the night dragged in
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Eurythmics', "It's All Right (Baby's Coming Back)"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll be your bitch
Original Lyrics: I'll be your bridge
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Eurythmics', "Right by Your Side"
Misheard Lyrics: Give me two scroll bars
Original Lyrics: Give me two strong arms
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Eurythmics', "Sex Crime (Nineteen Eighty Four)"
Misheard Lyrics: Six Flags
Original Lyrics: Sex crime
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Eurythmics', "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves"
Misheard Lyrics: Now there was a towel
Original Lyrics: Now there was a time
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Eurythmics', "The Miracle of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: How many sabras
Original Lyrics: How many sorrows
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Eurythmics', "When Tomorrow Comes"
Misheard Lyrics: Underneath your greenlit eyes
Original Lyrics: Underneath your dreamlit eyes
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Eurythmics', "Who's That Girl?"
Misheard Lyrics: Cooler than I scream
Original Lyrics: Cooler than ice cream
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Mel and Kim's, "Respectable"
Misheard Lyrics: Take or leave us
Only please believe us We ain't never gonna be in the "Cannonball" Original Lyrics: Take or leave us
Only please believe us We ain't never gonna be respectable |
Taco's, "Puttin' On The Ritz"
Misheard Lyrics: Trying hard to look like Barry Crouper
Original Lyrics: Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper
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The Kings', "This Beat Goes On"
Misheard Lyrics: Sure, we’ll be rockin’ till our sphincter’s gone
Original Lyrics: Sure, we’ll be rockin’ till our strength is gone
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The Pretenders', "My City Was Gone"
Misheard Lyrics: From Seneca to Cuyahoga. Balls!
Original Lyrics: From Seneca to Cuyahoga Falls
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XTC's, "Senses Working Overtime"
Misheard Lyrics: Since she’s working overtime
Original Lyrics: Senses working overtime
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1990s | |
Edwyn Collins', "A Girl Like You"
Misheard Lyrics: You give me just a day so I want more
(Later) Please be at college with the devil and me I hope to God I'm talking metaphorically Hope that I'm talking medical category No doubt I'm talking about the way I feel Original Lyrics: You give me just a taste so I want more
(Later) You made me acknowledge the devil in me I hope to God I'm talking metaphorically Hope that I'm talking alegorically Know that I'm talking about the way I feel |
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Eurythmics', "17 Again"
Misheard Lyrics: The value of the stars
Original Lyrics: The valley of the stars
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Eurythmics', "I Saved the World Today"
Misheard Lyrics: Monday finds you like a bum
Original Lyrics: Monday finds you like a bomb
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Eurythmics', "I've Got a Life"
Misheard Lyrics: It's just Muselix to ignore
Original Lyrics: It's just useless to ignore
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Eurythmics', "The King and Queen of America"
Misheard Lyrics: The stars of Bergen light
Original Lyrics: The stars are burning bright
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Matchbox 20's, "Real World"
Misheard Lyrics: If I could fly Paramus downtown
Original Lyrics: If I could fly around downtown
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Dosed"
Misheard Lyrics: I got dozed by you
or I got chosen by you Original Lyrics: I got dosed by you
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The Orb's, "Little Fluffy Clouds"
Misheard Lyrics: They ran on forever
(Later) And the skies always had little fluffy clouds in the moon (Later) You may hear different sounds on top of each other Original Lyrics: They went on forever
(Later) And the skies always had little fluffy clouds in them (Later) Layering different sounds on top of each other |
2000s | |
Maroon 5's, "Harder to Breathe"
Misheard Lyrics: Is there idiots out there…
Original Lyrics: Is there anyone out there…
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Miley Cyrus', "Party in the USA"
Misheard Lyrics: Welcome to the land of LAX
Original Lyrics: Welcome to the land of fame excess
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Dani California"
Misheard Lyrics: She's my priestess, I'm your king
(Later) I love my baby today (Later) Don't you dare! Original Lyrics: She's my priestess, I'm your priest
(Later) I love my baby to death (Later) Gone too fast |
Uncle Kracker's, "Smile"
Misheard Lyrics: You make me smile like the sun,
Fall like a man, Sing like a bird, Dizzy in my hand Original Lyrics: You make me smile like the sun,
Fall out of bed, Sing like a bird, Dizzy in my head |
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2010s | |
Daft Punk's, "Get Lucky"
Misheard Lyrics: Go up on Mexican lucky
Original Lyrics: We're up all night to get lucky
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Lady Gaga's, "Alejandro"
Misheard Lyrics: L.A. L.A. Horror, L.A. L.A. Horror
Original Lyrics: Ale-Alejandro, Ale-Alejandro
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Lil Nas X's, "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna f*** the ones AMV, AMV
Original Lyrics: I wanna f*** the ones I envy, I envy
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